75's. All General Motors' Cadillacs got panion to the eight-cylinder Imperial. wIngs-glass wings on their radiator Both are built on conventional lines. ornaments. As to other improvements: In fact, the noses of both are reminis- synchro-mesh transmissions are more cent of the Stanley Steamer. The compact, lighter, and quieter, and the Royal is high-powered, only five inches exhausts have silencers that look like shorter in over-all length than the Im- mutes on slide trombones and hush the perial, and quite as well turned out in engines, even at top speed. paint, chromium plate, upholstery, and The La Salle has a new V -8 motor fittings. Frankly, I don't know what and again resembles the Cadillac. Mr. more you want in an automobile. As Fisher's body designers have done it for riding qualities, it, like all the other proud, too. They have increased the Chryslers, is equipped with a new type width of seats and the leg- and head- of shock-absorber which looks and acts room without distorting proportion, and like those on the landing gear of the furnished interiors of tufted broadcloth big planes, and it works marvellous- that are positively palatial. ly, levelling off the roughest roads to There are twenty-two Buick models boulevard smoothness. The Royal is to choose from, and it would be diffi- made in ten body types; the Imperial cult to find one you didn't like. That comes in six. For those who want sharp, straight nose and the long hood something super-de-luxe there is the line have made a difference. And Custom Imperial, a seven-passenger they're as pleasant to ride in as they sedan or limousine body done by Le are attractive. I recommend inspecting Baron. Then there's also the Airflow, the Roadmaster convertible phaeton if which hasn't changed much, except you want to see something well turned that it has been given a more attrac- out. tive front. The Pontiac Sixes and Eights are Y ou'lllike the De Soto tremendous- longer, lower (in price, too) , and ly . There's only one model this year; roomier than their predecessors. Each the Airflow and the de-luxe types have line has seven body types, six of which been discontinued. However, this car have Unisteel bodies by Fisher. Also, is de luxe enough for anyone. Longer, doors are wider and higher; the rear wider, and higher-powered, it has the ones are considerably wider at the floor same smart lines as the 1932 model, ]evel. All the Pontiacs I've seen have which was so popular. It seems to me white-rimmed, wire steering wheels.. a smart trick to have one standard These are extra-special equipment; model, for a change; if you want how much extra I don't know, for .my extras, you always can order them. guide didn't have his ready reckoner The De Soto is available in nine body with him, but they do set off cars. types. Y ou'lllike the Pontiac instrument pan- Dodge and Plymouth, as well as el, too. It's rectangular, and the dials De Soto, have gone in for rubber pil- are cream-colored on a walnut-finished, lows, as the engineers call the insula- chromium-trimmed facia board. You've tion between frame and chassis. I'm no idea how many cars are sold by their told that thirty pounds of rubber are instrument panels alone. used in every car, with the result that Determined to retain their identi- the drumming noise one used to get in tv, the Oldsmobile Sixes have _ ___ all steel bodies is pretty well mini- deeply recessed chromium-plated 7\0. . mized. Also, there's a ridge of louvers in their radiator fronts, \ rubber padding on the top of the and the Eights have square- J) . front seat in all sedans, to reduce meshed grilles. Wheelbases of 4'>/;) \ the number of injuries to back-seat both lines have been increased, A1 O-s passengers caused by sudden stops. and power plants stepped up- ". Ih,; You can make up a bed in the ... ", "- the Sixes from 90 to 95 R.P., rear of the new Nash sedans as and the Eights from 100 to 110 H.P. well as in the LaFayettes this year. You The Chevrolets are fundamentally also can ride very comfortably in the unaltered. Bodies are roomier and eight- and six-cylinder Nash Ambassa- lTIOre smartly finished, and power dors and the LaF ayettes, both of which plants have been improved along the have been restyled, for the sprInging has lines of better acceleration, greater hill- been improved and the power increased. climbing power, and more mIles per I've already pinned a ribbon on the gallon. 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